Hedong, Xia County.

Li Shimin looked at the low city wall in front of him, and the defenders on the city wall were also looking at him, this great god of war who rose from the east of the river, the two sides looked at each other for a long time, and there was no smile on the faces of either the winner or the loser, but only the heaviness and a trace of slaughter - on the order of the Tang Emperor, the city of Xia County was slaughtered, so as to make an example of a hundred people, and warn and deter those who have two hearts!

In the middle of the Hedong Campaign, because of Pei Lian's blind command, he lost his troops one after another, and then he did not repent, but wanted to burn all the fields in the wilderness to stop the attack of Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang, but this move was tantamount to asking for the lives of the people of Hedong! The people of Xia County then killed the local Tang Dynasty officials under the leadership of the local hero Lu Chongmao, and surrendered to Song Jingang, and later when Li Shimin led the troops back, Lu Chongmao surrendered to Li Shimin, however, Song Jingang immediately sent the brave general Wei Chi Jingde to break through Xia County and kill Lu Chongmao, and the defenders of Xia County were afraid of Yu Chi Jingde's bravery, so they surrendered to Liu Wuzhou's side again, and no longer dared to betray him.

The location of Xia County is not very important, however, it is the hub of Hedong and Baibi Song Jingang, in order to defeat this point, Li Yuan, who personally conquered Hedong, has repeatedly dispatched troops to attack Xia County, however, the soldiers and civilians of Xia County can not resist Wei Chi Jingde, and the second- and third-rate generals who defend the city to resist the Tang army are not a problem, under the resolute resistance of the defenders, the Tang army from all walks of life has been defeated, and this result is undoubtedly a big ear scraper for Li Yuan. Let his face stand it. Therefore, when Li Shimin suddenly defeated Song Jingang in the Battle of Bird and Mouse Valley and won the victory in the Hedong Campaign, the stubborn and indistinguishable Xia County soldiers and civilians ushered in Li Yuan's most cruel revenge. Slaughter the city.

Li Shimin is the executor, of course, at this time, he has already handed over this task to his subordinates in the army to complete, so that he can not see the next scene of the tragedy caused by his own hands, but. Before he left, he had to take a look at this county town that was destined to be recorded in the annals of history with his name.

"His Royal Highness King Qin can't bear it at this time!" Beside him, a middle-aged man dressed as a Taoist priest suddenly asked him. Li Shimin sighed when he heard this, and said: "Although I was born in Luoyang, I have been here with my father for several years, and the people here in Hedong are my old friends, and now I want to kill them. I can't bear it in my heart! He smiled bitterly: "However, I will never be able to disobey my father's order!" ”

"Heaven has mercy!" The Taoist priest sighed and said: "King Qin has such a heart, it is really a blessing for the Tang Dynasty, but it is just a pity for the people of Xia County, but the operation of the Heavenly Dao has its own certain laws, since the military and people of Xia County have decided to stand on the side of the enemy." The result at this time is that you can't complain about Your Majesty's ruthlessness. Because of His Majesty, at this time, he had to use a massacre to deter people with different intentions, and His Majesty's heart at this time was bound to be as uncomfortable as King Qin. Fortunately, God has the virtue of a good life, although His Majesty issued a slaughter order. But at the same time, he also announced the old practice of following the order of Zhou Sui and pardoning local women and children, and this is also the benevolence of His Majesty! ”

Li Shimin nodded, and his face improved a little. After all, it is indeed a benevolent thing to be able to leave women and children instead of cutting off children and grandchildren, besides, although after all the young and strong are slaughtered, the old and weak women and children left behind will live an extremely difficult life, however, the next generation will eventually grow up, and when that generation grows up, Xia County, which has been slaughtered by war and slaughter, will finally return to its original state.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms were in turmoil, and after the brief unification of the Jin Dynasty, the Central Plains once again fell into a more chaotic situation because of the invasion of the surrounding ethnic minorities. After the end of the Han Dynasty, the dynasties basically changed the original extremely cruel slaughter policy since the Han Dynasty, and changed the original chicken and dog to just kill the young and strong, so that the women and children left behind could still be used as labor to carry out agricultural production for their country. Naturally, women and children were far less able to work than young men, but they also lacked resistance to control them, and because of the children they were left behind, the impact of the massacres on the future population growth of the country was less significant.

The foundation of Sui and Tang was inherited from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty was difficult to start a business in the past, so it was this way to deal with the enemy and the rebels, Sui and Tang naturally inherited it, of course, Li Yuan was not tyrannical, otherwise, he would use the precedent of the Qin and Han dynasties to kill the people of Xia County, and leave no one behind, so others, including Li Shimin, although they were unwilling, they were helpless.

Li Shimin wandered under Xia County for three days, during these three days, he stood on the high post, watching from a distance the old and weak women and children in Xia County came out of the city, accepted the inspection of the Tang Army, and then let them go, when three days later, after the last group of old and weak women and children left Xia County, the city gate of Xia County was closed, and the Tang soldiers in charge of inspection also returned to the main formation. After that, there will be no more communication between the two sides, and the Tang army will launch an attack the next day, crushing every one of the city's qi into powder with a thunderous force......

Li Shimin left enough troops and excellent generals who he thought were good enough for this task, and after that, he led the army back to Guanzhong, and the middle-aged Taoist priest accompanied him all the way, if he was a bystander, he would naturally not be qualified to receive the honor of following the King of Qin, however, this Taoist priest was indeed an extraordinary person, even Li Shimin, he had to treat him with courtesy. Because this person is Wang Yuan, who is known as a fairy-like figure in the north.

Of course, this Wang Yuan knows that Chang's status in Daomen cannot be compared with Yuan Tiangang, Sun Simiao, and Zhang Ziyang, the three real people, however, it will not be too different, and compared with the three real people, this Daoist may be even more important to Daomen, the reason is that this fairy-like figure once secretly made a prophecy for Li Yuan to be able to ascend the throne as the emperor, so when Li Yuan really ascended the throne as the emperor, his trust in this Taoist chief was also extraordinary. And since Li Shimin has cooperated with Daomen and reached an agreement that he needs Daomen to help him find his wife, then Daomen naturally has to do his best, in addition to forcing the real Princess Qin to return to Li Shimin's side, he also needs to create a false impression to round the lie that Princess Qin has inexplicably disappeared for several years, and among them, Wang Yuan's involvement is crucial, because of Li Yuan's trust in him, so only the lies he said, Li Yuan will be convinced. (To be continued......)

PS: I wanted to get an outline for myself these days, but it turned out that it was very difficult to get it, and it took me several days, and I only got half of the sixth volume out, which is still a rough outline, alas